Manufacturer of light-alloy wheels for passenger cars and commercial vehicles as well as shower solutions and bathroom furniture
RONAL AG
Härkingen (CH) · Forst (DE) · Teruel (ES) · Pardubice (CZ) · Jičín (CZ) · Mestrino (IT) · Nantou (TW) · Cantanhede (PT)New on Amplifa
About RONAL GROUP
RONAL GROUP, headquartered in Härkingen, Switzerland, is a manufacturer of light-alloy wheels for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The company, founded in 1969 in Walldorf (Germany), produces cast and forged aluminum wheels for the automotive industry (OEM) and the aftermarket. Production includes low-pressure die casting (also with recycled aluminum), flowforming, forging, special milling and surface technology such as Multi Color Rim, pad printing, laser and diamond turning, and polishing. With around 6,400 employees, the group produces approximately 16 million wheels per year at production sites in Spain, the Czech Republic, Italy and Taiwan. In-house toolmaking sites in Härkingen and Cantanhede (Portugal), an R&D center in Forst (Germany), a testing center and the Ronlog logistics center complete the value chain. Through its Ronal Bathrooms division, the company also manufactures showers and bathroom furniture.
- Site
- Härkingen
- Processes
- Low-pressure die casting (incl. recycled aluminum), RONAL Smart Casting, Flowforming, Forging, Special Milling of forged aluminum and magnesium wheels, Special Milling, Multi Color Rim, Pad Printing
- Materials
- Aluminum alloys (light-alloy wheels), Magnesium (forged wheels), Plastic, Recycled aluminum, Aluminum alloys, Magnesium
- Certificates
- Testing Center
- Founded
- 1969
- Employees
- approx. 6400
- Industries
- Automotive industry (OEM), Passenger car aftermarket, Commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, trailers), Motorsport / Formula 1, Bathroom / Wellness, Bathroom / Wellness (showers, bathroom furniture)
- 01
Toolmaking
- 02
Research & Development
- 03
Low-pressure die casting
- 04
Flowforming
- 05
Forging
- 06
Special milling
- 07
Surface technology
- 08
Testing
- 09
Logistics (Ronlog)
Materials and Processes
Aluminum alloys
Base material for light-alloy wheels in the casting, flowforming and forging processes.
Recycled aluminum
Used in low-pressure die casting to reduce the material footprint.
Magnesium
Material for forged special wheels at APP-TECH.
Plastic
Used in the Plastic Applications in Pardubice.
Sites
Härkingen
CHHeadquarters and toolmaking
- Toolmaking
Forst
DER&D center, Ronlog logistics center, RONAL Bathrooms GmbH
Teruel (Teruel 2)
ESProduction RONAL IBÉRICA SAU, capacity 3.0 million wheels (with Teruel 1)
- Materials
- Aluminum (incl. recycled Al)
- Low-pressure die casting machines
Pardubice
CZProduction RONAL CR s.r.o., capacity 2.1 million wheels
- Materials
- Aluminum, plastic
- Low-pressure die casting machines
- Flowforming systems
Jičín
CZProduction RONAL CR s.r.o., capacity 2.5 million wheels
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Low-pressure die casting machines
- Pad-printing systems
Mestrino
ITProduction APP-TECH S.r.l., capacity 80,000 wheels, testing center
- Materials
- Aluminum, magnesium
- Special milling machines for forged Al/Mg wheels
Nantou (Chu-Shan)
TWProduction FULLCHAMP TECHNOLOGIES, capacity 200,000 wheels
- Materials
- Aluminum, magnesium
- Flowforming systems
- Forging presses
Cantanhede
PTToolmaking
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-pressure die casting (incl. recycled aluminum)Casting | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| Low-pressure die casting (incl. recycled aluminum)Casting | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| RONAL Smart CastingCasting | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| FlowformingForming | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| FlowformingForming | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| ForgingForming | – | – | – | – | Aluminum, Magnesium |
| Special Milling of forged aluminum and magnesium wheelsMachining | – | – | – | – | Aluminum, Magnesium |
| Special MillingMachining | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| Multi Color RimSurface | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| Pad PrintingSurface | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| Laser and diamond cutting and polishing (surface finishing)Surface | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
| Plastic ApplicationsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Plastic |
| Testing Center (testing)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tool Making (own production tools)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sand casting (historical, external)Casting | – | – | – | – | Aluminum |
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-pressure die casting machines | – | – | – | – | Teruel, Spain; Pardubice & Jičín, Czech Republic |
| Flowforming systems | – | – | – | – | Pardubice, Czech Republic; Nantou, Taiwan |
| Forging systems (forging presses) | – | – | – | – | Nantou, Taiwan |
| Special milling machines for forged aluminum/magnesium wheels | – | – | – | – | Mestrino, Italy |
| Pad-printing systems | – | – | – | – | Jičín, Czech Republic |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
A dedicated Testing Center at APP-TECH in Mestrino tests wheels, among other things, for safety and endurance; the group develops and manufactures its production equipment in its own toolmaking operations.
| Evidence | Mestrino |
|---|---|
| Testing Center |
History
- 1969
Founded as Karl Wirth GmbH in Walldorf (DE); first light-alloy wheels under the RONAL name, produced using the sand casting process at an external partner.
- 1970
First plant in Forst (DE); start of production of the first aluminum wheels.
- 1971
First OEM order from Ford.
- 1978
First plant in France opened.
- 1994
Start of production at the Jičín plant, Czech Republic.
- 2000
Commissioning of RONAL Bathrooms s.r.o., Jičín.
- 2002
Start of production Fullchamp Technologies, Taiwan (acquired 2012).
- 2004
Start of production APP-TECH, Mestrino, Italy (acquired 2016).
- 2006
Start of production at the Pardubice plant, Czech Republic.
- 2007
Acquisition of the Italian wheel manufacturer Speedline (commercial vehicles, motorsport, flowforming); 83 FIA titles on Speedline Corse wheels.
- 2009
Commissioning of RONAL Bathrooms GmbH (Forst) and RONAL Bathrooms SRL (Romania).
- 2012
Majority stake in Fullchamp (Taiwan) – expansion into forged wheels.
- 2013
Collaboration with Carbon Revolution: first one-piece carbon wheel on the European market.
- 2016
Acquisition of APP-TECH; opening of the Ronlog logistics center in Forst.
- 2017
Start of production RONAL IBÉRICA SAU, Teruel 2, Spain.
- 2019
50th company anniversary.
- 2023
Sale of Speedline S.r.l. to Callista as of 1.10.2023; acquisition of Glass 1989, Karol (Italy) and Kudos (UK, South Africa) for the bathroom division.
- 2024
Renaming of the SanSwiss division to Ronal Bathrooms.
- 2026
Dr.-Ing. Alexandra Bendler takes over as CEO of RONAL GROUP in January.